Device for securing ladies&#39; veils in position.



A; BARNETT. I DEVICE FOR SECURING LADIES VEILS IN POSITION.

APPLIQATION FILED 0GT.27, 1911.

1,058,528. Patented Apr. 8, 1913.

AUGUSTA BARNETT, OF LONDON, ENGLAND.

DEVICE FOR SECURING LADIES VEILS IN POSITION.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 8, 1913.

Application filed. October 27, 1911. Serial No. 657,178.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, AUGUSTA BARNETT, a subject of the King of England, residing at 36 Dunsmure road, Stamford Hill, London, England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Devices for Securing Ladies Veils in Position, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to devices or attachments for the purpose of holding ladies veils upon hats, so that the veil is firmly secured in position while at the same time the device economizes the quantity of material used with the veil.

The invention consists broadly of an at tachment comprising a hook or hooks provided with an eye to which eye one end of an elastic cord or the like is suitably attached. Upon this elastic cord one edge of a veil is furnished and at the other end of the elastic cord or the like a similar fastening device is attached. The sides of the veil are then gathered up upon the hook or one of the hooks and held in position by suitable means, the veil being then ready for attachment to the hat. The ends of the elastic cords are preferably furnished with metal tags which can be bent around to engage in the eye portion of the fastening. This allows the elastic cord to be easily and readily attached to the eye portion of the fastening and dispenses with the necessity of knotting or tying. And in order that my said invention may be better understood I will now proceed to describe the same with reference to the drawing accompanying this specification, in which Figure 1 shows a front view of a pair of fastenings attached to a veil made according to one form of my invention. Fig. 2 shows a perspective view of one of these fastenings detached. Fig. 3 shows a side elevation of one end of the elastic cord, and Fig. 4 shows a plan of the same.

Referring to Figs. 1 and 2 a shows a veil, b is an ornamental button or brooch, to the back of which is affixed by soldering or passing through astamped up portion, a

thereby formmg a wire 0. This Wire 0 is bent at one end into a retaining hook d, and at about the middle of its length into an eye 6 which also forms a hook and at the other end it is bent into a sharp pointed hook g is an elastic cord or the like the ends of whichare provided with metal tags it see Figs. 3 and 4-, which metal tagsare elongated into tongues 70 which are bent around and thereby engaged with the eyes 6 after the veil has been threaded upon' the elastic cord 9 which is greatly facilitated by the tags it and. tongues 70. The sides of the veil a are gathered upon the portion of the wire 0 lying between the eye 6 and the retaining hook (Z. This holds them securely in position and leaves the hooks f free to be engaged with the hat or the material upon the hat.

I may provide any of the devices shown with an ornamentation. For example I may mount upon the back of the double hooks an ornamental button in such a way that the veil can pass over the hooks.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States of America In a device of the character described, the combination with a veil; of an elastic cord threaded through one edge of said veil; metallic tags secured upon the ends of said cord of greater diameter than said cord, shoulder therewith, whereby to prevent the ends of the veil creeping over said tags; elongated flexible tongues merging from said tags, of reduced diameter and pointed, whereby to assist in threading the veil on said cord; and fastening means removably held by-said tongues and adapted to hold the side portions of said veil, and having pins associated therewith for attaching the device to a hat.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two witnesses.

GUSSIE BARNETT.

Witnesses A. E. VIDAL,

L. SIMMONDS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

